Re: horse that crabs

[BMcCrary27@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/25/98 5:56:43 AM Pacific Standard Time,
mlaboure@flash.net writes:

<< he started placing the rear feet offset
 from the front (thereby making 4 tracks in the trail rather than 2 tracks).
Is
 that crabbing?  >>

This is my understanding of the term.  The horses I mentioned carried their
heads and necks slightly to the right and their hindquarters slightly to the
left; they were traveling straight forward with their bodies on an angle while
my body was trying to point straight ahead. That's when the twist in my spine
occurred. Rather tiring after awhile, and very annoying.

BMc